2015–16 Lega Pro

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2015–16 Lega Pro

The 2015–16 Lega Pro Divisione Unica is the second season of the unified Lega Pro division. The championship name, which is Divisione Unica according to the FIGC regulations, is called Lega Pro in official documents.[1]

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Lega Pro
Season2015–16
ChampionsCittadella (Group A)
SPAL (Group B)
Benevento (Group C)
Pisa (playoffs)
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A total of 54 teams will contest the league. Clubs will include 2 sides relegated from the 2014–15 Serie B season, 43 sides playing the 2014–15 Lega Pro season, and 9 sides promoted from the 2014–15 Serie D season.

On 1 July 2015 60 teams mathematically qualified to the new season. However, Barletta (bankruptcy), Grosseto (bankruptcy), Monza (bankruptcy) and Castiglione did not submit their application for a license.[2] New companies from Grosseto and Monza applied for Serie D, and Barletta for Eccellenza [3] while Castiglione plays in youth football only. Moreover, 12 teams failed the initial financial stress test of FIGC. On 17 July Reggina Calcio, A.S. Varese 1910, F.B.C. Unione Venezia, Real Vicenza and Paganese Calcio 1926 were officially excluded;[4] new companies from Reggio Calabria, Varese and Venezia were admitted to Serie D and Eccellenza respectively, while Real Vicenza was focused on youth football.[5] On 31 July Paganese won the appeal.[6] The exclusion left Lega Pro 8 teams short as well as 1 team short in Serie B due to bankruptcy of Parma. FIGC decided that Brescia replaced Parma in Serie B as well as readmission of AlbinoLeffe and Pordenone to Lega Pro on 4 August.[7] On 20 August Catania and Teramo were relegated to Lega Pro due to another chapter of betting scandal, while Savona was relegated to Serie D; Ascoli and Virtus Entella were promoted to replace the vacancies, subject to the appeals.[8] Moreover, the Federal Council also reduced the league from 60 teams to 54 teams, making there was 2 vacancies left on 25 August.[9] On 29 August Savona won the appeal to remain in the professional league; Torres and Vigor Lamezia were relegated, despite both FIGC, Catania and Teramo were still able to appeal in CONI.[10] On 1 September Pro Patria and Messina were readmitted, while the last team promoted from Serie D was Monopoli.[11]

Group A, North

Group B, Central

Group C, South

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Group A (North)

Location of teams in 2015–16 Lega Pro (Group A) (Lombardy)

Group B (North and Central)

Location of teams in 2015–16 Lega Pro (Group B) (Tuscany)
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Group C (South)

Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2015–16 (Campania)
Location of teams in Lega Pro (Group C) 2015–16 (Apulia)

League tables

Group A (North)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cittadella (C, P) 34 23 7 4 57 35 +22 76 Promotion to Serie B
2 Pordenone 34 19 8 7 52 30 +22 65 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Bassano Virtus 34 17 11 6 45 31 +14 62
4 Alessandria 34 16 9 9 47 31 +16 57
5 Padova 34 14 12 8 46 30 +16 54
6 Cremonese 34 14 11 9 40 33 +7 53
7 Reggiana 34 13 13 8 40 25 +15 52
8 Feralpisalò 34 14 8 12 50 43 +7 50
9 Pavia[a] (R) 34 14 9 11 48 36 +12 49 Relegation to Serie D
10 Südtirol 34 10 14 10 34 38 4 44
11 Renate 34 11 10 13 26 38 12 43
12 Giana Erminio 34 10 12 12 33 36 3 42
13 Lumezzane 34 12 6 16 37 42 5 42
14 Pro Piacenza (O) 34 8 15 11 30 35 5 39 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
15 Mantova (O) 34 7 13 14 27 39 12 34
16 Cuneo (R) 34 9 7 18 31 41 10 34
17 AlbinoLeffe 34 4 8 22 23 57 34 20
18 Pro Patria[b] (R) 34 1 7 26 15 61 46 7 Relegation to Serie D
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Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Pavia was deducted 2 points.
  2. Pro Patria was deducted 3 points due to match fixing.

Group B (North and Central)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SPAL (C, P) 34 21 8 5 59 25 +34 71 Promotion to Serie B
2 Pisa[a] (O, P) 34 17 12 5 42 26 +16 62 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Maceratese 34 15 13 6 47 31 +16 58
4 Ancona 34 14 11 9 34 29 +5 53
5 Carrarese 34 13 12 9 49 37 +12 51
6 Siena 34 11 13 10 34 38 4 46
7 Pontedera 34 11 12 11 43 38 +5 45
8 Teramo[b] 34 11 13 10 42 40 +2 43
9 Arezzo 34 8 18 8 33 32 +1 42
10 Tuttocuoio 34 10 10 14 27 34 7 40
11 Santarcangelo[c] 34 11 12 11 41 38 +3 39
12 Pistoiese 34 9 12 13 29 35 6 39
13 Lucchese 34 10 9 15 39 43 4 39
14 Prato (O) 34 9 10 15 32 43 11 37 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
15 Rimini[d] (R) 34 9 11 14 29 39 10 36 Relegation to Serie D
16 L'Aquila[e] (R) 34 10 10 14 34 41 7 33 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
17 Lupa Roma 34 6 9 19 27 55 28 27
18 Savona[f] (R) 34 9 9 16 27 44 17 22 Relegation to Serie D
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Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Pisa was deducted one point for administrative irregularities.[12]
  2. Teramo was deducted 3 points for involvement in match fixing.[13]
  3. Santarcangelo was deducted 6 points.
  4. Rimini was deducted 2 points.
  5. L'Aquila was deducted 7 points for involvement in match fixing.[13]
  6. Savona was deducted 6 points for involvement in match fixing[13] and later of an additional 6 points for financial reasons.[14][15]

Group C (South)

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Benevento[a] (C, P) 34 20 11 3 51 21 +30 70 Promotion to Serie B
2 Foggia 34 19 8 7 61 31 +30 65 Qualification to the promotion play-offs
3 Lecce 34 17 12 5 46 28 +18 63
4 Casertana 34 18 9 7 52 35 +17 63
5 Cosenza 34 16 12 6 44 28 +16 60
6 Matera[b] 34 14 13 7 45 32 +13 53
7 Fidelis Andria 34 11 12 11 33 21 +12 45
8 Messina 34 10 15 9 37 41 4 45
9 Paganese[c] 34 10 13 11 41 39 +2 42
10 Juve Stabia 34 9 15 10 45 45 0 42
11 Catanzaro 34 10 11 13 27 40 13 41
12 Akragas[d] 34 12 9 13 35 47 12 40
13 Catania[e] 34 12 13 9 37 34 +3 39
14 Monopoli (O) 34 10 9 15 43 42 +1 39 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
15 Melfi 34 6 12 16 32 40 8 30
16 Martina Franca[f] (R) 34 5 9 20 30 58 28 22 Relegation to Serie D
17 Ischia[g] (R) 34 5 10 19 31 65 34 21 Qualification to the relegation play-offs
18 Lupa Castelli Romani[h] 34 2 7 25 22 65 43 12 Relegation to Serie D
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Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Benevento was deducted one point.[14]
  2. Matera was deducted 2 points for match fixing.[16]
  3. Paganese was deducted one point for administrative irregularities.[12]
  4. Akragas was deducted five points.
  5. Catania was deducted 9 points for involvement in match fixing[13] and later an additional 1 point for financial irregularities.[14]
  6. Martina was deducted two points.[14]
  7. Ischia was deducted 4 points.[14]
  8. Lupa Castelli Romani was deducted one point for administrative irregularities.[12]

Promotion play-offs

Preliminary phase

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Ottavio Bottecchia, Pordenone
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Final phase

Semifinals on 22 and 29 May 2016, finals on 5 and 12 June 2016.
Semifinals Finals
          
2B Pisa 3 0 3
2A Pordenone 0 0 0
2B Pisa 4 1 5
2C Foggia 2 1 3
3C Lecce 2 1 3
2C Foggia 3 2 5

Pisa promoted to Serie B.

Relegation play-outs

Play-outs on 21 and 28 May 2016, loser on aggregate is relegated. If tied on aggregate, lower-placed team is relegated.

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Cuneo 0–1 Mantova 0–0 0–1
Martina Franca 1–0 Melfi 1–0 0–0
L'Aquila 2–4 Rimini 1–1 1–3
Ischia 2–4 Monopoli 0–3 2–1
Lupa Roma 3–3 Prato 2–0 1–3
Albinoleffe 1–3 Pro Piacenza 0–1 1–2
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